Machiavelli would agree. Attempted murder leaves you with a very much alive and pissed-off enemy.

All-attempted sounds pretty intense tho

I am presently incarcerated, imprisoned for a crime I did not even commit. “Attempted murder,” now honestly, did they ever give anyone a Nobel prize for “attempted chemistry?”

They should call it Botched Murder just to embarrass the suspects more.

One day, I will tell you the story of attempted disorderly conduct.